Jahar Ganguly
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Place of Birth: 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (now India)
Biography: Jahar Ganguly (October 1904 – 1969) was an Indian actor and theater personality. He received the Best Actor award in the 6th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards in 1943 for his performance in Bandi. Ganguly was born in undivided 24 Parganas Dist., British India. He worked in several Bengali and Hindi films in the 40s and 50s as a supporting actor in comedy counterparts to the dramatic lead. He got a breakthrough in Dena Paona directed by Premankur Atorthy. Ganguly acted under Satyajit Ray's direction in Parash Pathar and Chiriyakhana.[2] He also performed as a stage actor until 1960.
Movies
Kamona
Kamona is a Bengali drama film directed by Nabendu Sundar. This movie was released on 4 March 1949 u...
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Manik
Manik is mentally and physically abused by the manager of the orphanage he lives in. However, when h...
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Shudhu Ekti Bachhar
Shudhu Ekti Bachhar is a romantic comedy that is based on a comical situation which finds the female...
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Trijama
Swarupa, an introvert, fails to express her love to Kushal, who falls for Abala, a rich and beautifu...
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Mahashweta
The widower land-lord fixes his wayward step-brother's alliance with priest's daughter. Groom disapp...
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Dena Paona
Dena Paona is a dramatic exploration of societal pressures and personal redemption. The film follows...
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Manmoyee Girl's School
A comedy adapted from a successful play. The zamindar Damodar Chakraborty (Chakraborty) starts a sch...
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Mriter Marte Agaman
Biswanath or Bishu a young warm-hearted man, made a "Mukti Fauj" in Hell against Jamraj. He also pla...
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Manmoyee Girls' School
Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, a zamindar looks for a married couple to ...
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Baikunther Will
Businessman Baikunth remarries after the death of his wife and is blessed with a second son. Years l...
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The Power of Chant
Ambernath a well-educated Sanskrit pundit was different from his childhood. The way he thought and d...
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Two Generations
One of the early films of Chhabi Biswas featuring him as a leading man, before he came to be associa...
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Baksiddha
The story is a simple tale of a great soul Sarbananda based on a simple village. Shambhu is a small ...
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Bireswar Vivekananda
Bireswar Vivekananda is a 1964 Indian Bengali-language biographical film about the Indian Hindu reli...
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Chandranath
Feeling lonely after his father's death, Chandranath meets and falls in love with a poor widow's dau...
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Determination
A father who is ill, is worried about his family in case of his demise. Will he be able to secure th...
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Agni Pariksha
Love story of Tapasi and Kiriti in the backdrop of social and cultural conflict regarding marriages ...
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Sanjibani
A narration of the journey of a young aspiring writer. Sandhya Rani and Uttam Kumar won critical fav...
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Datta
The film is a romantic story about a wealthy Brahmo woman and a poor but intelligent Hindu man. It e...
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Grihaprabesh
A 1954 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Ajoy Kar, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Mahanayik...
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Anupama
Abani, a young man from a poor family, elopes with Sudha after her uncle forces her to marry a sick ...
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Chirakumar Sabha
The story revolves around a group of hardened bachelors who meet regularly, and eventually settle fo...
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Nabajanma
The story revolves around Basanthi who is constantly criticized by her in-laws for being childless. ...
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Punarmilan
Ramesh is the eldest brother in a close-knit joint family. When his salary is doubled, he pays more ...
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Tasher Ghawr
When a wealthy man accidentally stumbles upon his lookalike who is poor, the two of them decide to s...
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Natun Tirtha
This story is about a poor village boy named Bhola. A cruel landlord, Rajib wants to open an alcohol...
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Palatak
A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the ...
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The Philosopher's Stone
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the A...
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The Desolate Beach
A writer meets five widows on a train to Puri. As the six lives begin to intertwine, the theme of th...
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Dui Bon
Ananda, an upcoming writer leaves his village to pursue his writing career in Kolkata...
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Garmil
Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a tradi...
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Abhoyer Biye
When Abhoy gets engaged to Sabitri she starts to ridicule him as he is old fashioned and socially aw...
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Jiban Trishna
A philanderer, the only son of a wealthy doctor, is attracted to a poor orphaned artist. Her stepbro...
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Saheb Bibi Golam
The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the mo...
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The Return of Little Master
The plot revolves with Raicharan's tragic life. He is the obedient servant of local zamindar and tak...
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Adarsha Hindu Hotel
Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job whi...
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Arogya Niketan
Pradyut Sen is an allopathic doctor who moves to Nabagram to run his practice. However, as the villa...
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Uttar Falguni
A story of love and sacrifice of a mother who did everything to protect her child ,even from her hus...
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Chupi Chupi Aashey
A woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer head...
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Nara Narayana
Lord Krishna visits Suryapith with his friend Akrur, where they meet Satyabhama, the daughter of Sat...
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Sagarika
The all-time favourite on-screen couple of the Bengali cinema not just created many memorable romant...
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Babla
Babla, a young boy who is forced to grow up too quickly when tragedy strikes his poor family, leadin...
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